Definitions for standoff

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standoff stand·off

Spelling: [stand-awf, -of]

IPA: /ˈstændˌɔf, -ˌɒf/

Standoff is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 188 anagrams from letters in standoff (adffnost).

Definitions for standoff

noun

1. a standing off or apart; aloofness.
2. a tie or draw, as in a game.
3. something that counterbalances.
4. a prop for holding the top of a ladder away from the vertical surface against which it is leaning.
5. Electricity. an insulator that supports a conductor above a surface.

adjective

1. standing off or apart; aloof; reserved:

Origin of standoff

First recorded in 1830-40; noun, adj. use of verb phrase stand off

Examples for standoff

There is an explosive irony, in fact, at the center of this standoff.

Ex-MMA fighter Jason ‘Mayhem’ Miller live-tweeted a standoff with police over domestic violence charges.

Merah was gunned down by police after a tense manhunt and violent 32-hour standoff at his apartment.

But the court will know that you have as much interest in lying as I have, and itll just be a standoff.

The standoff was finally brought to an end when the father convinced his son to give up and surrender peacefully.

He was threatening to immolate both of them when police ended a standoff by grabbing him.

Faced with this opponent, the United States has a variety of military options for using its aerial and standoff firepower.

It was a standoff, by my cooking and doing other camp duties and marketing our products.

Merkley said that the power of minority to obstruct judicial nominations had really been ended in that standoff.

Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) spoke out against Bundy after the standoff.